The backbone of the GEC-ESTRO committee are the activities of the working groups. Working Groups focus on relevant topics, which address research and development, education, and healthcare in the context of brachytherapy. Working Groups are defined by the GEC-ESTRO Committee.

GEC-ESTRO also collaborates with other groups and supports three awards in brachytherapy.

The Standard operation procedure (SOP) of the committee is available here.

The GEC-ESTRO handbook can be found on the e-library.

Chair: Bradley Pieters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Past Chair: Christian Kirisits, Vienna, Austria

Chair-Elect: Ina Jürgenliemk-Schulz, Utrecht, The Netherlands 

Secretary: Marisol De Brabandere, Leuven, Belgium

Chair GI-GEC: Arthur Sun Myint, Clatterbridge Merseyside, UK

Chair BRAPHYQS: Frank-André Siebert, Kiel, Germany

Chair Breast: Vratislav Strnad, Erlangen, Germany

Chair Brachy-HERO: Li Tee Tan, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Chair Gynaecology: Kari Tanderup, Aarhus, Denmark

Chair UroGEC: Peter Hoskin, Northwood and Manchester, The United Kingdom 

Chair Head & Neck and Skin: Luca Tagliaferri, Rome, Italy

Csaba Polgár, Budapest, Hungary

Young Committee Observer: Cyrus Chargari, Villejuif, France

There are six brachytherapy working groups. Please click on the links below for further information about the activities of the group.

GEC-ESTRO Breast - Chair: Vratislav Strnad

GEC-ESTRO Head and Neck and Skin - Chair: Luca Tagliaferri

GEC-ESTRO Urology - Chair: Peter Hoskin

GEC-ESTRO Gynaecology - Chair: Kari Tanderup

GEC-ESTRO BRAPHYQS - Chair: Frank-André Sieber

GEC-ESTRO Gastro-Intestinal - Chair: Arthur Sun Myint

GEC-ESTRO Brachy- HERO (Health Economics) - Chair: Li Tee Tan

Under the auspices of GEC ESTRO, the GEC-ESTRO Handbook of Brachytherapy is published aiming at clinicians, physicists and radiotherapy technologists worldwide. The textbook covers the basics of brachytherapy, including the physics and radiobiology, and describes in detail all aspects of clinical practice.

First published in 2002, the handbook is currently under review. A second edition is available for a number of chapters, while for several other chapters an update is planned in the near future.